Article content Ken Rosenau, president of Rosenau Transport Ltd., said he estimates up to 70 per cent of his 704 employees could be eligible for the benefit. Postmedia, file
Ken Rosenau, president of Rosenau Transport Ltd., estimates that up to 70 per cent of his 704 employees could potentially be eligible for the benefit, although he is still waiting on specifics beyond the required 300 working hours between Oct. 12 and Jan. 31 and the $25 hourly wage limit in the private sector.
More details are expected to be released on Feb. 17, when applications will open for private employers to submit on behalf of their employees.
Rosenau said the benefit helps and there would be no reason for him not to support team members, but the administrative burden of having to apply on behalf of those employees could represent a “huge” expense, depending on how the government rolls the program out.